'You damn well better had, Brian, and it'd better be good.' He ended the call, and glared at the phone for a few seconds more, seething. Something in Brian's glib tone sounded off, like he was hiding something, but Colin didn't care. He was angry, angrier than he'd been in years. Colin had worked for decades to build himself a nice quiet life, out of everybody's way, and now whatever Brian was trying to do, his stupid stunt had undone it all.

He didn't know for sure that the police were after him, but they were definitely going to be after somebody to blame for the bank raid. Colin hoped his strange anonymity might shield him from recognition, but Brian had no such protection, and there was sure to be some CCTV footage of them both without the wooly masks. If the police got Brian, there was no doubt he'd give up the identity of his "accomplice". In fact, the wretched cur would probably try to pin the whole thing on Colin, paint him as a criminal mastermind.

The police would buy into it, too, of that he had no doubt. A loner, with no friends, no identification, no job. He was exactly the sort of weirdo people loved to blame, as though the human condition subconsciously closed up against the cursed, the socially deviant and the unnatural.

That wouldn't make much of a difference at Hannigan's, though; the entire clientele could be charitably labelled as 'socially deviant' and nobody would think the worse of you for it. It was a fair choice as a safe place for a meeting, despite being moderately unsafe for anyone that didn't like bar fights.

Colin wasn't afraid of the clientele, and Brian was a complete nutter who didn't seem afraid of anything. At least he could be sure they weren't walking into a trap set by the police - any uniformed officer setting foot into the pub would start an immediate riot. Colin smiled grimly; he was uniquely equipped to survive any madness he might run into tonight.

That said, he was still quietly fuming as he walked the rest of the way home.

Read the five chapters of Mike in onw sitting and enjoyed them SO much. TY! :)

18 Mar 18, 21:50

Mike L says:

I will be looking at the new stuff and i am sure i will like it. Hope u r well <3

18 Mar 18, 21:50

Mike L says:

Sorry i have not been checking in. I am always thinking about your website and your screations.

1 Oct 17, 09:02

E.E. says:

Another chapter up. More coming tomorrow.

29 Sep 17, 09:41

E.E. says:

Okay, here we go, something new: crossover fiction.

28 Sep 17, 07:42

E.E. says:

Ugh. Forced to update Skype to include the latest rubbishy unwanted nonsense.

19 Sep 17, 13:07

E.E. says:

Funny thing: while assembling his StormWolf model, Isegrim somehow managed to put one of the parts in his mouth and chew it up.

4 Sep 17, 07:16

E.E. says:

Thanks, Mike. I'll be posting up something soon.

13 Aug 17, 16:50

MikeL says:

So what i am saying is, you just do what you want, :) --- a supportive reader.

13 Aug 17, 16:50

MikeL says:

At the same time, Whateley websites are always being plagued by people who are rude and crude and uncomplimentary and even abusive of the authors. Famously, it is said that this is why Diane Castle left. And her stuff was awesome!

13 Aug 17, 16:48

MikeL says:

TY 4 your post. Don't feel bad about "Dawn". I bet DaVinci had a bunch of paintings in his attic he didn't try to sell because he thought they weren't up to snuff.

16 Jul 17, 17:26

E.E. says:

I'm still alive! The Dawn story got some bad feedback on the Whateley forum, so Ive backpedalled a bit. Working on something new.

3 Jul 17, 22:34

MikeL says:

Just want you to know i still think about you, about the characters in Verity's Ark, and hope things are going well for you.

21 May 17, 06:27

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19 May 17, 13:28

MikeL says:

i should have said "hopefully in favor of nice real life stuff you like". <3 :)

19 May 17, 13:26

MikeL says:

I'm checking for updates/new chapters on Dawn. I know that you are winding down your web stuff hopefully in favor of real life. Lots of thanks and compliments and love.

2 May 17, 18:45

MikeL says:

Just wanted to say thank you for everything :)

20 Apr 17, 17:12

MikeL says:

I found more of Dawn on the Whateley site and enjoyed reading it very much :) ty!!

20 Apr 17, 02:02

MikeL says:

Read the first chapter of Dawn and the only criticism is it was too short! I was done reading it too soon. More, please. :) Most enjoyable!

5 Apr 17, 21:45

MikeL says:

You know how much I like the Whateley universe and how much i like your writing so "Dawn" is going to be, i am sure, the greatest mixture of two good things since peanut butter and jelly. Will be following it intently. :)

2 Apr 17, 16:58

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1 Apr 17, 23:11

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11 Mar 17, 15:58

MikeL says:

And thank you. I feel honored that you give me clues and name me. :)

11 Mar 17, 15:55

MikeL says:

no more Verity's Ark. All good things must come to an end and V.A. was THE BEST!!!! Congrats on your writing. :) Love you.

6 Mar 17, 07:58

E.E. says:

And that's the end of my NaNoWriMo story.

11 Feb 17, 10:14

E.E. says:

Progress is good on the new story, but I don't want to give away too much. A clue for MikeL, though: the working title is 'Dawn'

9 Feb 17, 20:33

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1 Feb 17, 22:15

E.E. says:

Starting work today on a new story. More details will follow...

30 Jan 17, 01:19

MikeL says:

It has been a while since i visited this site and i just reread some of my old comments and i just want to apologize for being a bit of a nag. I won't bring up that story again. :(

30 Jan 17, 01:17

MikeL says:

Looking at the latest cartoon (featuring Miki) and marveling at the incredibly prolific writing, it makes me a little sad that we never got to read the ending of "Revenge of the Sunbeam." But it is nice that we get to read more EE stuff.